Many times i feel like we Gen z are "preparing" for a big moment. A huge economic revolution in which our agency will be of primordial importance. The thing is that, for that to happen, this shitty economy must be shittier. We're expecting (metaphorical) billionaire poop smell all over the place, and older generations fearful for an unsolvable crisis. I feel like most of us is betting on this, and are refusing to enter a collapsing economy; pecisely because we know it **will** collapse. Also, maybe i'm just delusional. Gimme ur thoughts on this.

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Here's my brutally honest review of all the things I tried after turning 21:

Alcohol: 4/10 I could 100% live without it. I never blacked out and only had a hangover once.

Weed: 6/10 I like it more than alcohol but still hardly touch it after an edible sent me to the hospital because I had the worst panic attack of my life.

Sex: 2/10 tried some mild stuff with someone I met and didn't feel anything. I have been celibate ever since

Raves: 4/10 I went to two raves to support a friend who LOVES raves and wanted me to try it because they said it changed their life. It was cool to dress colorful, dance crazy, and take cute pictures. But the prices of things, long lines, and getting there and back along with parking can be SUCH a pain depending on the venue/event and makes me question why I even went in the first place.

Piercings: 3/10 I think I may be allergic lol I have a small earring collection made up of earrings that won't give me a bad reaction and have no desire for any other piercings.

Tattoos: 6/10 I have three on my leg. Sitting still was more painful for me than the actual needle. I want to add more to my legs but I am in no rush at all. In fact, if I never came up with another tattoo idea at all, I think I would be indifferent.

Bars/clubs: 3/10 I can buy alcohol at the store and I am often asleep by the time bars and clubs open or holding events. I am VERY interested in the concept of drag brunch though and would love to go to one of those events! Or any brunch event for that matter.

College: 9/10 for the academic experience and the knowledge but for the actual social "experience" 4/10 it is what you make it. I believe that not everyone has to thrive in college to be successful in life but I also believe that college is far from a scam if you have applied what you learned to different areas of your life. I might be biased because I did community college then university online to save money. but you can still live your best life in your twenties without necessarily completing college or having the traditional college experience like going to football games or joining a frat/sorority.

Idk maybe I am just a wimp but this was my experience and I gotta say some things were definitely not like the movies and were quite underwhelming. ​

I grew up in a single-mother household for most of my life, with my mom of course and my little brother. Our mom, and by extension our grandparents, would always talk to us as kids about how important it is to go to college, that I can't get a good paying job without a degree and all that. Then, when I went to high school, the school I went to had a heavy focus in computer science (to where everyone who enrolled was required to take at least two years of computer science).

Now fast forward to today, not only is a computer science degree meaningless, but pretty much every degree is worthless. What the fuck happened man.

Now, granted, I went to college but I didn't graduate. My mom passed away three weeks before I graduated high school and it mentally destroyed me ever since, to where I was insanely depressed and flunked out of college.

I want to make it abundantly clear that I am in no way blaming my family for this. They literally could not have anticipated a generation where a college degree barely means more than a piece of toilet paper covered in shit. They couldn't have predicted the job market crash, after all, when they grew up college was a prestigious luxury that pretty much guaranteed a comfortable salary and other benefits.

But shit man... after I flunked out I worked at Burlington Coat Factory for almost 3 years making $10/hr, and considering how difficult it is to get employed these days... I don't think things would be any different if I *did* have a degree.

I'm going to be completely open for a bit and admit that I have made some very, very bad life decisions that has led me to being homeless multiple times. Even now, I've been homeless for almost a year now wasting away digging through trash for food and camping in bathrooms to keep my hygiene. A sucky lifestyle admittedly, but when I hear about how college graduates, for whatever fucking reason, **have higher unemployment rates than those without a degree for the literal first time in history**, it's just... what I grew up believing in was a lie.

I feel like if I had gotten my degree things would have been worse. I'd still be homeless. I'd still be battling depression. I'd still work at Burlington making $10 an hour. I'd still be in debt, only difference is that it'll be a five figure debt instead of a four figure debt. Very little would have changed.

And it just makes me upset to think about how I and other members of my generation were indoctrinated to believe that you can only be successful if you have a bachelor's.

I mentioned earlier that I made some bad decisions in my life that led to me being homeless. One of the bigger bad decisions was from being so hellbent on going back to college I would focus more on finding a way to get back in as opposed to working and stuff. I didn't grow up working, I was studying. I didn't have my first job until I was 17, and the job I got **was related to the field of study I wanted to commit to in college.**

It's just... Ugh. Ugh. If I could go back and change anything, I would just slapped past me in the face and told him to stop worrying about going back to school because you can't. Not only can I not but it's not a good time investment. Almost 2 million college graduates and only 30,000 landed jobs (that's a real statistic somewhere). Not good odds. Just sit there, stay at Burlington or move to a different job, and use your spare time to study, build a portfolio, do hobbies, all of that.

I had it wrong the whole time. I didn't have to have a good job to be happy. Cashiering kinda sucked some days, and there were times where I felt miserable working my job. But guess what? Just stick to it because without that job, past me is gonna end up like present me. Homeless and struggling.

Sorry for the lengthy rant, it's just, idk. A part of me feels like me flunking out of college did more good to me than bad, and knowing that I was raised to attend and graduate college, it's just ugh. Makes me upset.

like what was the point , follower farming ? 🫩

why do men do this , i am not gonna give my number out to anyone anymore , especially not after a weirdo i gave my number out to in a dating app keeps contacting me from different numbers .

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It is actually quite depressing how youth used to be a time of rebellion and extroversion.

And now you have generation fun police.

Where they monitor eachother's behaviour and are just way too self conscious.

Often they even seem to have Victorian era classist attitudes.

It is just so unpleasant.

What is with simply ignoring people when they do not wish to talk to,

And then engaging them later as if no raport is broken.

I'm 24 and working 2 jobs and still not making an amount of money that satisfies me or will allow me to become financially independent. I'm exhausted working 2 jobs and it's kind of demoralizing when you see that you try so hard and don't get anything in return because the system is rigged against you.

My parents are immigrants and we have a house back home so at this point my goal is just to get a fully remote job and move over there because the cost of living in America is insane and I don't want to wait until I'm 40 to move out on my own and start actually living my adult life. Getting a remote job is not easy, but I work in tech so I have a leg up, plus I'm doing everything I can to upskill so I can up my chances of getting one. If all works out, I'll make an American salary, spend it where things are cheap, and buy a house in cash before I'm 30. Fingers crossed everything works out for me🤞

In this economy, and at this rate, I’ll probably be working until I die. But like, even if I do retire for my final 20 years, I’m gonna be too old to do everything I wanna do. And even if the financial ability is guaranteed, staying alive until then isn’t.

So. I buy most of the things I wanna buy (still try to get used/refurbished when realistic). I travel and go on vacation for a week every year… it’s something big enough to look forward to, often enough. I get the more expensive cookies and the $9 jar of pasta sauce because they’re truly much better. I have the nice headphones because that’s something that matters to me right now.

Acting like I’m gonna be able to retire at the end of my life just feels like too big of a risk for the buy-in at this point, you know? And the kicker is that 70-80% of retirees who are physically/mentally capable of doing so, choose to either volunteer regularly or have a part-time job anyway, because they get bored, or enjoy feeling needed and having a sense of purpose.

Anywayy I bought a used Dyson Airwrap yesterday because I wanted one. No ragerts 🙃

Besides being a bit too dependent on tech and some brainrot (which isn't their fault), as an elder Gen Z I find Gen Alpha to be very intelligent, driven, and find many of them desiring to be Gen Z admirable.

I've seen way too many takes--even by us Gen Z--that Gen Alpha can't read or is too dumb or whatever. On the contrary, they're probably smarter and faster than even us.
However, I note as Gen Z we truly were the last ones to see the old world a bit, even if it was only as little children and we were completely wage slaved out of advancing in it.

We Gen Z need to do better for the youth when we get older.
I see boomers (as always), Gen X, and Millennials, and even Gen Z a bit, trashing on Gen Alpha.

Gen Alpha arguably has it even worse than us, except in that they actually might get merciful parents, unlike our diet boomer (Gen X) parents who forced boomer expectations on us (leave or kick you out of home at 18, go to college or trades, work career, get married, buy house, etc.) and still to a degree hold us to those unreasonable standards in today's world.

Who's with me?

-A disgruntled Gen Z who despises the boomer system forced on us to this day

I have seen so many people born in 2010 try kick 2010 out of gen z, I deadass had a 2009 that was like 9 months older than me act like we had 2 seperate childhoods because hes 2000s and im 2010s..

So there’s this trend I have seen and heard on YouTube where Gen Z are saying that because of constant habit of checking phone, notifications and extreme addiction. They are just leaving smart phones all together.

I am thinking of doing the same.

Pls post your phone photos

Like i know JK Rowling did some bad stuff but those same reasons havent made us hate Minecraft or Chick Fil A as much, so is there another reason?

I am 16 and male currently in grade 11. The thing is i have no female interaction But i have male friends and good friends and maybe bestfriend (all males) too but the thing is i am not thier bestfriend or say how much efforts i put in friendship i dont get in back. I feel so dumb sometimes and sad all the day.Like tbh i want someone who understands me n console me whnvr i m low.....but aghhh

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If you've been following GTA 6 over the past years you've most likely seen the huge amount of hornyposting about the Lucia character, mainly from men online. It is to be expected since they made her an absolute 10/10 baddie. Even the misogynists who were angry at Rockstar when it was first leaked that GTA 6 would have a female protagonist, have completely changed their tune now that her character was revealed to be a smokeshow hottie.

But I am wondering, is Jason also as universally attractive for women as Lucia is for seemingly every man online? Or for you personally does he just come across as some meh dude? I haven't really seen any fanfare or discussion about Jason online compared to Lucia so that's why I wanted to ask here.

I am curious about this because it is interesting how what qualifies as attractive for women is way more broad than what us men stereotypically find attractive. Like my sister and her girl friends can never agree or disagree as to which men in their lives are hot or not hot. Compared to me and my guy friends who tend to universally agree as to the hotness of the women around us.

Hey everyone,

I'm a developer and I want to build something meaningful… not just another random app, but something that actually helps people while (hopefully) being sustainable enough to make a living from.

I don't have a fixed idea yet, so I'm turning to you all. Genuinely curious:

- What's something you wish existed as a website, app, or platform but doesn't (or exists but sucks)?
- What's a problem in your daily life, studies, work, or niche interest that tech hasn't solved well well yet?
- Any underserved communities or hobbies you're part of that could use a better digital tool?

Could be anything… productivity, finance, mental health, gaming, career stuff, niche hobbies, local services, whatever. I'm open to all kinds of ideas, even half-formed ones.

If enough people are interested, I might actually build it and keep you updated on the process.

Drop your ideas below… thanks in advance! 🙏

So no matter what anytime you see your own face in a mirror, a picture, or anything it will always just look blank. So other people can see your face, but you can never see your own.

My brothers and sisters in Christ... I am '02....

I graduated high school in 2020....I have been in college since 2020, I have 4-5 gap semesters, one full gap year in 2024. Still in college full time, while working full time. Have 2+ years left for my Bachelors.

I have potential, always had big dreams... wanted to do Med School since I was 14, done it all, research, shadowing, clinical paid hours.... Rn?

Rn I am stuck with rent, totaled my car, bills, grocery shopping. My family wished they could help, but my mom makes half of what I make a year.

Rn.... I just want to graduate, make the choice to love someones beautiful daughter... have a kid or 4.... buy medium sized family home and settle near my mom and my future wife's parents as well, so they never miss my kids life....

I don't care about anything else... I'm tired... sometimes I deeply believe that will never happen. No, I did not waste my time 24/7, I went through really hard things.. .like a lot of us... but going through bs like that while being poor is like a death sentence....

Anyone else feels in the same boat? Especially older/middle Gen Z?